Augsburg Fortress

Across the Pond: Organ Settings on English Tunes

Kevin Uppercue's organ writing is extremely well-crafted and creative, as evident by the thoughtful counterpoint, rhythmic variation, and lyrical treatment in these settings on English hymn tunes. Useful throughout the year as preludes, postludes, or extended hymn introductions.

Voicing: Organ
Difficulty: Medium
Use: All Saints; Christmas; Epiphany; General; Lent & Holy Week; Transfiguration

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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

A familiar Advent hymn paired with two unexpected tunes: a German chorale and English folk tune.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Advent

How Shall We Approach This Wonder?

Perfect for Christmas Eve services, this anthem has an original text and tune.

Voicing: Organ; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Choirs will love singing this SAB setting of this West Indian carol, bringing a laid-back excitement to the Christmas season.

Voicing: Piano; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas; Epiphany

Through the Legacy of Years

A poignant and profound text with a beautiful melody, perfect for All Saints, funerals, or any time of remembering.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: All Saints; Funeral; Wedding

Once Led to Your Font

Stephen Folkemer set this delightful and engaging text by Mark Oldenburg to a lilting Danish folk tune for SAB voices and flute.

Voicing: Organ; SAB/3-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Baptism; Easter; General; Pentecost; Stewardship; Trinity

Only By Our Lonesome

The lyrics of this worship song by Nate Crary call us out of isolation and into community. The arrangement of this piece lends well to simple instrumentation with piano and/or guitar.

Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Communion; Easter; General; Lent & Holy Week; Maundy Thursday

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Holy God, Holy and Glorious

Jeremy J. Bankson gives this beloved hymn, filled with expansive images for God, a lyrical and expressive setting.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christ the King; General; Lent & Holy Week; Transfiguration

He Is Born: Il est né

A lively anthem sung in both French and English, perfect for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

Christ, the Solid Rock

A new rocking, gospel-style melody for a beloved hymn text.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

All Praise to Thee

A lovely, lyrical anthem setting of a Christmas hymn text by Martin Luther.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Christmas

Come, Sing of Years Gone By

Written for a church anniversary, this anthem lifts up themes of stewardship and justice.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

Go to Dark Gethsemane

David W. Music gives new life to this beloved hymn by providing a new melody.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Love Is Come Again

Hear the Easter hymn "Now the Green Blade Rises" with new ears in this sensitive and sweeping musical setting by Jeff Fuhrer.

Voicing: Organ; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Easter; General

Wake, O My Soul

A thoughtful and beautiful work that sets an anonymous Christmas hymn to music.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: Christmas

For the Sake of the World: Three Pieces for Choir

A collection of three anthems based on Introductions to the Day from Evangelical Lutheran Worship.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; SAB/3-part mixed; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: General

Oh, Love, How Deep

Accessible to choirs of all sizes, Williamson has crafted an anthem that is perfect for Baptism of Our Lord Sunday.

Voicing: 2-part mixed; Organ
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Christmas

Ride On, King Jesus: Palm Sunday Medley

Three hymns and spirituals appropriate for Palm Sunday are combined in this medley that features a lively piano accompaniment and many options for ensemble performance.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Use: Lent & Holy Week

Do Not I Love Thee, O My Lord?

A sensitive, expressive anthem that perfectly captures the deeply personal text.

Voicing: SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Medium
Use: General

Drop, Dew, from Heaven

Based on the text from Isaiah 45, Norris has composed a slowly building, atmospheric anthem perfect for Advent.

Voicing: Piano; SATB/4-part mixed
Difficulty: Easy
Use: Advent